lyceum

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Recent Examples of lyceum The Revolutionary generation took pride in preparing for public life through college literary societies, philosophy clubs, and lyceums – community gatherings for lectures and debates. Sabrina Schaeffer, Oc Register, 4 July 2025 The lyceum speaking circuit had exploded in popularity, but women were largely barred from it. James Marcus, New Yorker, 2 June 2025 So, too do tours of Emerson’s home, Thoreau’s lyceum and other spots in town. Moira McCarthy, Boston Herald, 11 May 2025 The Midwest also saw an explosion of newspapers, libraries and a lyceum circuit featuring speakers like Clara Barton, Frederick Douglass and Henry David Thoreau. Kelly Scott Franklin, WSJ, 24 Nov. 2022 Cadets practice an emergency situation during a lesson in a bomb shelter on the first day of school at a cadet lyceum in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Sept. 1. Time, 23 Nov. 2022 All of the children in the lyceum participated in the exercise without protest. Mira Ptacin, Harper’s Magazine , 7 Dec. 2021 It was called the lyceum movement. Jesse David Fox, Vulture, 27 May 2021 Its roots go back further, though, to the lyceum movement that started in Massachusetts in the 1820s and offered attendees the prospect of self-improvement through lectures on literary, scientific and moral topics. Joy Wallace Dickinson, orlandosentinel.com, 18 Apr. 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lyceum
Noun
  • At that moment, Barksdale’s sister appeared at the back of the auditorium, dressed in her military uniform and ready to present him with his diploma.
    Christina Cardona, USA Today, 2 June 2026
  • At times, the school board auditorium broke out into shouts between the groups who supported Alzubi’s reassignment and those who opposed it.
    Ciara McCarthy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 June 2026
Noun
  • Its 23 spacious rooms and suites, all with terraces or private gardens, have spectacular sea views and are nestled into a ridge overlooking a secluded cove near the medieval hilltop village of Ramatuelle.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 June 2026
  • Set in a 16th-century annex to Palazzo Borghese, whose verdant gardens are visible from the rooms on the upper floors, Hotel Vilòn was designed by architect Giampiero Panepinto and set designer Paolo Bonfini, who imbued it with a bit of cinematic flair.
    Laura Itzkowitz, Robb Report, 4 June 2026
Noun
  • Freeman envisioned the steep bluff as a natural amphitheater and arranged the villas on staggered terraces that hug the headland to ensure unobstructed ocean views over the roofs below.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 June 2026
  • Other amphitheaters ran by Live Nation are in Atlanta, Toronto, New York and other cities.
    Rashad Alexander, Kansas City Star, 1 June 2026
Noun
  • Tarasiuk bypassed the traditional distribution model entirely, securing theatrical exhibition directly with theater chains without partnering with a distributor.
    Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 4 June 2026
  • There’s plenty of arts and culture, anchored by its regional performing arts venue, the Bankhead Theater, and the two movie theaters at either end of downtown.
    Martha Ross, Mercury News, 4 June 2026
Noun
  • While the Knicks have made a historic run behind Jalen Brunson, Oakley has been supporting the team from road arenas around the country.
    Alejandro Avila OutKick, FOXNews.com, 4 June 2026
  • Formed in the early 1990s, the group has sold more than 4 million albums, won two Grammys, sold out arenas throughout the Americas and is set to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
    Jem Aswad, Variety, 3 June 2026
Noun
  • Her 50-something protagonist, Alan Anderson, and his socially striving wife Vivian, are at least about to start thinking about where their family is going to go, once Alan retreats to a backyard playhouse.
    Bethanne Patrick, Los Angeles Times, 1 June 2026
  • Ivey took part in a reading of the play at the playhouse’s Script in Hand series in 2026.
    Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 28 May 2026

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“Lyceum.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lyceum. Accessed 8 Jun. 2026.

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